OPINION-ACADEMIA | ASEAN at a crossroads: Progress toward SDG targets by 2030
Members of K-pop boy band BTS take turns speaking at the SDG Moment on Sept. 20, 2021, during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York City. (AFP/Pool/John Angelillo)
Ayu Pratiwi Muyasyaroh
(The Jakarta Post)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal appeal to end poverty, safeguard the environment and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Also known as the Global Goals, the SDGs were adopted by 193 member states at the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015 in New York.
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This year marks the midway point of the SDG agenda, with countries urged to achieve at least half of the progress required to accomplish the goals, according to UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). While some considerable progress has been made toward the Global Goals, a preliminary assessment by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) on 140 SDG targets showed that only around 12 percent of SDG targets were on track, while the rest were either moderately or severely off track relative to the 2015 baseline (UN DESA, 2023).
According to the UN DESA assessment, current trends indicate that 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty and that 84 million children will still be out of school in 2030.
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